You can easily spend more than two to three days wandering the streets of Kyoto. You can even do it all while dressed in a kimono, with rentals starting for as little as 2500 yen. Located in the center of Japan, Kyoto also serves as a great base for exploring nearby cities, like Nara or Osaka (which is only 15 minutes away by bullet train!)

Whether you only stay for a few days or you use the city as your base to explore the rest of the country, no trip to Japan is complete without a visit to Kyoto. And here you can see why...